Cerrado y Abierto

¡Cuídate! (Take care of yourself!) (Be safe!) ¡Quédate en casa! (Stay at home!) Me quedo en casa. (I am staying at home.) Nos quedamos en casa. (We are staying at home.) Hopefully it will be for a short period until Covid19 disappears from the face of the earth! Meanwhile, let's keep on increasing our Spanish …

Aumenta tu Vocabulario

In our last blogpost, we chatted a bit about the masculine and feminine gender of nouns. Now, we continue to explore the concept in an effort to aumentar tu vocabulario (increase your vocabulary). El Suelo y La Suela ¿Cuál es la suela: A, B o C? El suelo is the "ground" or "soil". When we …

¡Vamos a jugar!

Now that so many of us stay at home because of the pandemic, we will look for activities that will keep us busy and happy. We can do things together, learn skills and of course learn and improve on our Spanish. ¡Adelante! ¡Adelante! = Come on! El juego = the game Los juegos = games …

Se Necesitan

SE NECESITAN... SE LES NECESITA. They are needed. Now that we are in the midst of a pandemic, the health worker is needed and is being appreciated more than ever. Let's focus on these dedicated heroes and heroines whom we often take for granted. Who are they? These are just some of them. There are …

Lockdown: Cierre y Parón.

We are now in Lockdown! In many countries citizens are asked, or forced to stay at home. Hopefully it will be for a short period until Covid19 disappears from the face of the earth! Meanwhile, let's increase our Spanish vocabulary and keep it rich with new words and expressions. ¿De acuerdo? Agreed? El Cierre … …

El Coronavirus

¿Cómo Se Dice En Español? There is no doubt that this virus is present worldwide. I am sure you are curious to know the Spanish words related to this new scenario. Perhaps you are already able to express yourself in Spanish to explain a health issue. Be that as it may, let us explore the …

En el Mercado

Let’s go to the market. In the market we see many colours, many fruits, and many vegetables. En el mercado vemos muchos colores.  En el mercado vemos muchas frutas. En el mercado vemos muchas verduras. en el mercado Let us buy (Vamos a comprar) FRUTAS el plátanola piñala papayala naranjala sandía VERDURAS el tomateel pepinola …

El Punto y La Puerta

In the Spanish language nouns can be either masculine or feminine. I remember my schooldays in Spanish class and la maestra emphasizing the el or la, the un or una that precedes a noun. Nouns ending in o are usually masculine el disco; while those that end in a are usually feminine la casa. We …

Colores y Frutas

We were at the market this morning and saw colourful fruits and vegetables. ¿Te gusta el rojo? ¿Qué color te gusta más? Do you like red? SAY which colour you like best. Let's talk about some fruits and colours to see what they have in common. La Fruta y Los Colores Say which is the …